Completed meetings and events 2017-2018
Mon 25th June 2018 Meal @ Tontine
Speaker: Ken LoganSubject: End Polio Now
VOT: President
Reception: Eric Ward
Mon 18th June 2018 Beltane – no meeting
Beltane – no meetingBeltane – no meeting
Mon 11th June 2018 Meal @ Tontine
Club AssemblyReception: Eric Ward
Mon 4th June 2018 Meal @ Tontine
Speaker: Graham LittleSubject: Bolivia
VOT: Bill Sandland
Reception: David Spencer
Mon 28th May 2018 Meal at Tontine - £12
Speaker: Helen DaviesSubject: My Music
VOT: Grahame Henderson
Reception: Bill Sandland
Sat 26th May 2018 Mile of Coins
In Peebles High Street with Cubs and BrowniesMon 21st May 2018 Meal at Tontine - £12
Business MeetingReception: Tronn Nielssen
Mon 14th May 2018 Meal at Tontine - £12
Speaker: Margaret SmailSubject: Tweeddale Learning Community Partnership
VOT: Eric Ward
Reception: Jim Robertson
Council
Sat 12th May 2018 Grand Pigeon Race 2018
6 Pigeons fly 140 miles home from Rippon.Win a luxury Spa day for 2 at Stobo Castle Health Spa.
Mon 7th May 2018 Meal at Tontine - £12
Speaker: Robert BarrSubject: The Black Dwarf
VOT: Jim Moore
Reception: John Nice
Sat 5th May 2018 Pigeon Race promotion
At Peebles High Street.Win a luxury Spa day for 2 at Stobo Castle Health Spa.
Mon 30th April 2018 Meal at Tontine - £12
Speaker: Alan DickinsonSubject: A little work and play
VOT: President
Reception: Ken Morrison
Sat 28th April 2018 Pigeon Race promotion
At Sainsbury.Win a luxury Spa day for 2 at Stobo Castle Health Spa.
Mon 23rd April 2018 Meal at Tontine - £12
Subject: AGMReception: Jim Moore
Mon 16th April 2018 Meal at Tontine - £12
Speaker: John FoxSubject: The Musical Life of Peebles
VOT: David Spencer
Reception: Willie MacLeod
Sat 14th April 2018 Pigeon Race promotion
At Tesco.Win a luxury Spa day for 2 at Stobo Castle Health Spa
Mon 9th April 2018 Meal at Tontine - £12
Speaker: Brigadier Bruce Russell MBESubject: The Defence of the Realm
VOT: David Younger
Reception: David McKean
Followed by Council
Mon 2nd April 2018 Meal at Tontine - £12
Speaker: John GrandisonSubject: Grandison
VOT: Jim Moore
Reception: Ian Jenkins
Mon 26th March 2018 Meal at Tontine - £12
Speaker: Greg ScottSubject: Grow to Work
VOT: John Burnett
Reception: John Houghton
Mon 19th March 2018 Meal at Tontine - £12
Subject: Business MeetingReception: Grahame Henderson
Mon 12th March 2018 Meal at Tontine - £12
Speaker: Robin CrichtonSubject: On the Trail of Merlin in a Dark Age
VOT: Tronn Nielssen
Reception: Alan Herd
Followed by Council
Mon 5th March 2018 Indoor Bowls 2018
Ex-Servicemen's Club : 6:00 for 6:30Mon 26th February 2018 Meal at Tontine - £12
Speaker: John HutchinsonSubject: Working as a Mountain Leader
VOT: David Spencer
Reception: Elizabeth Fairless
Mon 19th February 2018 Meal at Tontine - £12
Speaker: Professor John BintliffSubject: 40 years of Landscape Archaeology in Central Greece: The Boeotia Project
VOT: Alastair McDougall
Reception: David Duthie
Followed by Council
Sat 17th February 2018 Eastgate Theatre
Even More Pointless QuizMon 12th February 2018 Meal at Tontine - £12
Speaker: Julian PaceSubject: Scottish Enterprise
VOT: David Duthie
Reception: Alan Dickinson
Mon 5th February 2018 Meal at Tontine - £12
Speaker: David KnottSubject: Curation, Cultivation and Conservation: the work of The Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh
VOT: Eric Ward
Reception: Elizabeth Clyde
Mon 29th January 2018 Rotary Awareness Night
Rotary Awareness EveningReception: Mike Clay
Mon 22nd January 2018 Burns Supper 2018
Burns Supper7 for 7.30
Mon 15th January 2018 Meal at Tontine - £12
Subject: Business MeetingReception: John Burnett
Mon 8th January 2018 Meal at Tontine - £12
Speaker: Sandra Stokoe/Yvonne MacLarenSubject: Food Foundation
VOT: Ken Morrison
Reception: Eric Ward
Followed by Council
Mon 1st January 2018 NO MEETING
HAPPY NEW YEARMon 25th December 2017 NO MEETING
Christmas DayMon 18th December 2017 Christmas Dinner @ Tontine
Gather at 7 pm for 7.30Mon 11th December 2017 Meal at Tontine - £12
Speaker: Caroline AdamSubject: Eastgate Theatre
VOT: Ian Jenkins
Reception: David Spencer
Followed by Council
Mon 4th December 2017 Meal at Tontine - £12
Speaker: John WilsonSubject: What birds come to our gardens and why.
VOT: Mike Clay
Reception: Bill Sandland
Mon 27th November 2017 Meal at Tontine - £12
Subject: QuizReception: Jim Robertson
Mon 20th November 2017 Meal at Tontine - £12
Subject: SGM/Business MeetingReception: Tronn Nielssen
Mon 13th November 2017 Meal at Tontine - £12
Speaker: Kevin HughesSubject: Windfarms
VOT: Bill Sandland
Reception: John Nice
Followed by Council
Mon 6th November 2017 Snooker evening November 2017
Ex-Servicemen's club : 1800 for 1830Mon 30th October 2017 Meal at Tontine - £12
Speaker: Margaret Wightman and Avril MurraySubject: Bonnie Peebles
VOT: Grahame Henderson
Reception: Ken Morrison
Mon 23rd October 2017 Meal at Tontine - £12
Speaker: Alan DickinsonSubject: My son’s greatest invention
VOT: President
Reception: Jim Moore
Mon 16th October 2017 Meal at Tontine - £12
Speaker: Kate KeterSubject: Rotary Foundation
VOT: President
Reception: Willie Macleod
Followed by Council
Sat 14th October 2017 Coffee Morning 2017
Coffee morning Ex-Servicemen’s ClubMon 9th October 2017 Meal at Tontine - £12
Speaker: Debbie McColganSubject: Did you know that The Bridge?
VOT: Alan Herd
Reception: Alastair McDougall
Mon 2nd October 2017 Meal at Tontine - £12
Speaker: Sheila SpenceSubject: Ship Ahoy
VOT: Elizabeth Clyde
Reception: Ian Jenkins
Sat 30th September 2017 Street Collection September 2017
Collection for Shelterbox ; Hurricanes in the Caribbean - Irma etc.Mon 25th September 2017 Meal at Tontine - £12
Speaker: Becky HaldaneSubject: Sailors’ Society
VOT: Willie MacLeod
Reception: John Houghton
Mon 18th September 2017 Meal at Tontine - £12
Subject: Business MeetingReception: Alan Herd
Mon 11th September 2017 Meal at Tontine - £12
Speaker: Dr Pankaj K AgarwalSubject: Cataract and Glaucoma
VOT: John Burnett
Reception: Grahame Henderson
Followed by Council meeting
Mon 4th September 2017 Meal at Tontine - £12
Speaker: Stuart HoughtonSubject: Early history of Skoda
VOT: John Houghton
Reception: Elizabeth Fairless
Mon 28th August 2017 Meal at Tontine - £12
Speaker: Grahame HendersonSubject: National Service
VOT: President
Reception: David Duthie
Wed 23rd August 2017 Trekking with Alpacas
At Velvet Hall which is between Peebles and Innerleithen.Two farm roads on the left after Glenormiston gates.
Car sharing advised.
Mon 21st August 2017 Meal at Tontine - £12
Speaker: Jelus LucasSubject: Peebles Riding for the Disabled
VOT: David Spencer
Reception: Elizabeth Clyde
Followed by Council meeting
Mon 14th August 2017 Golf at Glenholm 14 August 2017
Glenholm Open.5.30 for golfers.
6.00 for Dawyck.
7.30 for meal.
Mon 7th August 2017 Meal at Tontine - £12
Speaker: Alasdair SealeSubject: Ukerewe Island, Tanzania. Rotary delivering help, hope and happiness.
VOT: President
Reception: Mike Clay
Mon 31st July 2017 Meal at Tontine - £12
Speaker: Lindsay CraigSubject: District Governor Visit
VOT: President
Reception: John Burnett
Mon 24th July 2017 BBQ
BBQ at MaryfieldMon 17th July 2017 Meal at Tontine - £12
Business MeetingReception: Eric Ward
Mon 10th July 2017 Meal at Tontine - £12
Speaker: Susan DaviesSubject: Turning the corner – conservation gains at the Scottish Wildlife Trust
VOT: Grahame Henderson
Reception: David Spencer
Council
Mon 3rd July 2017 Meal at Tontine - £12
Speaker: Tom Fairbairn plus anotherSubject: Talking Peeblesshire
VOT: Alan Herd
Reception: Bill Sandland